By Jerrod Knight

KETR Sportscast 04-03-09

Commerce, TX – Texas Rangers win one; Dallas Stars lost to Calgary; The Temptations slated to sing at NCAA Championship; Penn State beats Bayloor at NIT; A&M-Commerce track team posted marks at Abilene's McMurry Relays; Greenville Lady Lions Softball tourney update; Cotton Ford Relays to resume today.

By Scott Harvey

Hunt County – A Campbell man has been arrested in connection with a major drug distribution operation.

The Hunt County Sheriff's Office is reporting it has arrested Wesley Shane Ashley, who was believed to be a major supplier of illegal drugs in Hunt County. Ashley was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with seven separate felony counts, and was being held in the Hunt County Jail in lieu of a total of $152,000 bond.

By Brad Kellar

Greenville – Texas A&M University-Commerce President Dan Jones is among the speakers at a special ceremony honoring families in Greenville.

Jerry and Brenda Speight along with more than two dozen Hunt County families will be honored Saturday during the first Jerry and Brenda Family Affair Awards are scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, at the Hope Center, 2615 Crockett Street, located next to First Baptist Church in Greenville.

This Day in History: Friday, April 3, 2009.

This Day in History

This Day in History: Friday, April 3, 2009.

By Scott Harvey

Commerce – The annual Big Event - a day of work and celebration to help clean up the City of Commerce - is set for tomorrow.

Students, faculty and staff at Texas A&M University-Commerce and Commerce citizens will join together to improve the community. Everyone is invited to participate.

By Scott Harvey

Greenville – One of Greenville's largest employers, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, has announced they've laid-off about 50 workers.

A spokesman for the company confirmed to KETR Friday the company has terminated about 50, or one percent of its more than 5,000 employees, effective immediately.

In what the company calls a workforce shaping measure, the cuts are necessary to balance workforce skills mix to meet customer demand and maintain competitiveness.

This Day in History: Thursday, April 2, 2009.

This Day in History

This Day in History: Thursday, April 2, 2009.

By Scott Harvey

KETR Newscast 4-02-09

Trial could begin this month in area game room robbery case; Murder trial for Campbell man postponed; Area under fire danger Thursday; New amber alert system touted as faster than state system has a couple local counties participating; Hunt County Crime Stoppers seek robbery suspects.

By Jerrod Knight

KETR Sportscast 04-02-09

Jerrod Knight

Commerce, TX – Rangers win over LA; Mavs beat Miami; GP Airhogs with a unique promotional night; Greenville Lions sofball tourney today; Caddo Mills relays take place today; DPD Officer Robert Powell quits.

By Brad Kellar

Campbell – A murder trial for a Campbell man has been postponed.

James Ray Brown Jr. had been tentatively scheduled to go to trial next Monday. But during a hearing Tuesday both sides announced they were not yet ready to proceed to trial, so a new trial date was set for May 18.

Brown has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife, Avis Baker Brown in Oct., 2008. He is being held in the Hunt County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.